Is UniversalViewer compatible with ES6

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Ramya Janaki

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Nov 21, 2022, 2:07:40 PM11/21/22

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Is https://www.npmjs.com/package/universalviewer better than https://github.com/openseadragon/openseadragon for implementing an IIIF viewer with my nextjs application . I do not have typescript(I have ES6), so is there any repos that implement universalviewer with nextjs without typescript? I feel like universalviewer is more compatible with typescript

Is that right?

Mat Jordan

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Nov 23, 2022, 9:05:54 AM11/23/22

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Hi there,

Universal Viewer uses OpenSeadragon as do most IIIF viewers. Any OpenSeadragon based viewers will need to by dynamically imported into Next.js due to Next's build process. You should be able to do this both with and without typescript.

If it fits yours needs, the Clover viewer which we are developing can be implemented using the following directions:

https://github.com/samvera-labs/clover-iiif#usage-with-nextjs

For more information on Next and dynamic imports, see: https://nextjs.org/docs/advanced-features/dynamic-import